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She went silent. The bronze manтАЩs voice had a way of conveying emphatic power, without rising in tone,
that was effective.

"Why were you in such a hurry?" he asked.

She stared at him. "I heard you running through the trees toward me," she said. "What girl wouldnтАЩt get
scared?" Her voice grew indignant again. "Here I am walking home across that vacant lot from my
friendтАЩs house, andтАФ"

"Who is your friend?"

"Anna Stringer," snapped the fat girl. "She lives over there"тАФshe pointed beyond the empty lotтАФ"and
her brother is a policeman, in case that means anything to you."

"Your name?" Doc asked.

She scowled. "ItтАЩs none of your business."

Doc said, "Your name, please." He said it so she jumped.

"ErтАФFern Reed," she said.

"Did you see anything of a girl with a gun?" Doc Savage asked.

She gaped at him. "Of course not!"

The bronze man nodded. "It is possible I made a mistake," he said.

The fat girl snorted. She pressed the starter button, and her car motor whirred.

Doc Savage fished in a pocket and drew out a glass vial holding not more than a large tablespoonful of
liquid. He stepped back, waited for the car motor to start.

When the engine began firing, Doc hurled the glass vial against the side of the car. It broke. The contents,
a liquid, splashed over the car.

Doc watched the car go away. He made a mental note of the rather strange point that the car had no
license plate on its holder.



BILL BROWDER sat up, took hold of his neck and groaned a groan which contained more
astonishment than anything else.
"WhatтАЩd you do to me?" he demanded.

Doc Savage did not answer.

Browder said, "You did something to my neck. Made me pass out." He frowned. "YeahтАФthatтАЩs what
you did. YouтАЩre a surgeon and doctor, and you would know how to do such things."